Cambridge are ready to banish the memories of last weekend's drubbing at Birmingham Moseley when they host Macclesfield in a National League One bottom-four clash at Volac Park.

Director of rugby Ross Stewart saw his team lose 72-14 at the second-placed side, but they have had to quickly get over it and prepare for a crucial fixture against a team two places below them in the table.

"Fair play to Moseley, they're a strong team in this league and were ultimately better than us on the day, and they took their chances well," said Stewart.

"We didn't play that badly for the first 20 minutes and weren't massively down on possession. We just didn't make the most of our opportunities and they did.

"We're always disappointed when we lose a game of rugby and the lads were disappointed with the scoreline, but we don't have time to dwell on it. We've moving on to the next challenge.

"We've got another big game against Macclesfield and after that we've got two tough games it will be hard to get something from (away to Blackheath and home to leaders Hartpury College).

"The players will look at what they can do better and we'll try to move on and be better."

Cambridge will be without Ricky Reeves and Dan Seal again, while Oli Petrides (ankle) and Mike Ayrton (knee) could also be sidelined.

"We expect a physical challenge and, as always, we'll look to play at a high tempo and move them around," said Stewart.

"We're conscious of the fact we want to play in the right areas of the pitch. We might need to be a bit more pragmatic than in previous weeks."